Koranic Instruction, by Osman Hamdy Bey, was the top-lot of Sotheby's Najd Collection sale on Tuesday evening, and went for £4.6 million. Hamdy Bey is one of the few Middle Eastern Orientalist painters, and his work of a young scholar is a stand-out at Louvre Abu Dhabi. Getty
Koranic Instruction, by Osman Hamdy Bey, was the top-lot of Sotheby's Najd Collection sale on Tuesday evening, and went for £4.6 million. Hamdy Bey is one of the few Middle Eastern Orientalist painterShow more